Lincoln Journal Star: It was painful watching Jerry Kill sitting alone w no reporters

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per the Lincoln Journal Star:

You know what was painful Thursday morning during the early stages of the round-table interview part of Big Ten Media Days? It was watching Jerry Kill, the third-year Minnesota coach, sitting alone with no reporters around him. Eventually, some showed up, thankfully. It doesn't help Kill's cause that the Gophers' nonconference schedule has UNLV, New Mexico State, Western Illinois and San Jose State.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_0f14e006-1d8e-533e-ba8f-5901e2d88ceb.html

Go Gophers!!
 


measure yourself by your enemies. someone in NE is not happy with JK getting recruits.
 

wait!what? said:
measure yourself by your enemies. someone in NE is not happy with JK getting recruits.
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Good call! I've seen more regarding the Gophers coming out of Lincoln than out of Minneapolis. Yes, someone sees a program on the rise and they're getting their digs in.

Then I think "wait!, what?", not only is that a good call, but....

+100
 

BleedGopher said:
It doesn't help Kill's cause that the Gophers' nonconference schedule has UNLV, New Mexico State, Western Illinois and San Jose State.
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What does that have to do with anything? SEC schools play joke nonconference schedules all the time. He didn't have reporters around him cause our team hasn't done much lately. I'm gonna venture a guess that he'll get more attention next year when the team makes a little noise this year, maybe pulls off an upset or two. :)
 


Nebraska's non-conference schedule is Wyoming, Southern Mississippi, UCLA, and South Dakota State. Kudos on UCLA, but the other three are not exactly a murderer's row.
 

Rescooter said:
Good call! I've seen more regarding the Gophers coming out of Lincoln than out of Minneapolis. Yes, someone sees a program on the rise and they're getting their digs in.

Then I think "wait!, what?", not only is that a good call, but....

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Now that is quite the little interpretation you have come up with. Are you sure that it is not the "culture-thing" that fuels the Lincoln reporters observations about the situation? I'm very surprised that you didn't conclude that "culture-kills" and the APR results scare the crap out of rival team's journalists.

Or, could it be that until the Gophers become MORE competitive against the likes of Michigan, MSU, wisky, the OSU, and yes...Nebraska the reporters from those programs and the other B1G Conference Members will shun hanging around during the
B1G Media Gatherings with my Gopher Reps? It is all part of the idea that it takes more conference wins to survive within the conference as well as on the campus and within the Twin Cities Metro Area.

Believe me, I have seen how our Gopher Fans operate. I know about how much time they will give a coach. I have seen Gopher fans turn from "loyal" to "hostile..." And, when the process starts to turn...it turns fast. I am hoping for at least 3 Conference wins in 2013, because the schedule is tougher in 2014 and 2015. Only WINS and BOWL INVITATIONS can buy MORE than five years...and with our new Norwood at the helm and needing all the signatures he can get...better get more conference wins in 2013...

Get it going now Coach Kill. Three or more Conference wins in 2013 just may put the ball in your hands for a long time...and attract more rival team press members at B1G Media Day!

; 0 )
 

I took that article as a

slap in the face to our media, seriously no one showed up, wasn't the star trib there, KFAN sent a reporter down there but apparently didn't have interest in actually covering the event, pioneer press supposedly sent someone there. The media in the twin cities were too busy watching viking players walk around with suitcases.
 

Rather than make an observation, get off your ass and ask Coach Kill a question or two. Then write the article or save it for game day. No word on how many were huddled around Bo Pelini? Time and place could have a coach with out questions.
 



BleedGopher said:
per the Lincoln Journal Star:

You know what was painful Thursday morning during the early stages of the round-table interview part of Big Ten Media Days? It was watching Jerry Kill, the third-year Minnesota coach, sitting alone with no reporters around him. Eventually, some showed up, thankfully. It doesn't help Kill's cause that the Gophers' nonconference schedule has UNLV, New Mexico State, Western Illinois and San Jose State.

http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_0f14e006-1d8e-533e-ba8f-5901e2d88ceb.html

Go Gophers!!
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I know our non-con schedule is pretty darn weak. But, I am absolutle BLOWN AWAY by Nebraska's non-conference schedule. Wyoming, Southern Miss, UCLA & South Dakota State, all in the same season?! WOW! Let me say that one more time. WOW! :rolleyes:
 

SDGopherFan said:
slap in the face to our media, seriously no one showed up, wasn't the star trib there, KFAN sent a reporter down there but apparently didn't have interest in actually covering the event, pioneer press supposedly sent someone there. The media in the twin cities were too busy watching viking players walk around with suitcases.[/QUOTE

Same thing happened last year.
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Norsk_Gopher said:
SDGopherFan said:
slap in the face to our media, seriously no one showed up, wasn't the star trib there, KFAN sent a reporter down there but apparently didn't have interest in actually covering the event, pioneer press supposedly sent someone there. The media in the twin cities were too busy watching viking players walk around with suitcases.[/QUOTE

Same thing happened last year.
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We're not a sexy program(now), we haven't turned heads(yet), we have a no name coach(now), and our "local" media doesn't care AT ALL about college sports, but that doesn't mean we can't win games.
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Monty519 said:
What does that have to do with anything? SEC schools play joke nonconference schedules all the time. He didn't have reporters around him cause our team hasn't done much lately. I'm gonna venture a guess that he'll get more attention next year when the team makes a little noise this year, maybe pulls off an upset or two. :)
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That was my first reaction as well. So if we were playing North Carolina instead of New Mexico St., the media will have been all over him?
 



SDGopherFan said:
slap in the face to our media, seriously no one showed up, wasn't the star trib there, KFAN sent a reporter down there but apparently didn't have interest in actually covering the event, pioneer press supposedly sent someone there. The media in the twin cities were too busy watching viking players walk around with suitcases.
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I can see why our local media wouldn't want to spend a ton of time talking to Kill there. They're right in his backyard all the time. Why go all the way to Chicago to talk to him when they probably talk to him all the time in MN?

I imagine one big difference between us and most schools is we had very few, if any, media outside the TC there. I know the newspaper in town here sends someone every year to cover the Hawkeyes and Big Ten. It would be equivalent to the St. Cloud Times or Mankato newspaper being there. And I doubt they actually were.
 

e.bigelow said:
I know our non-con schedule is pretty darn weak. But, I am absolutle BLOWN AWAY by Nebraska's non-conference schedule. Wyoming, Southern Miss, UCLA & South Dakota State, all in the same season?! WOW! Let me say that one more time. WOW! :rolleyes:
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I'm not sure if this is sarcasm (and if I missed it, I apologize), but that schedule is appreciably tougher than ours.

UCLA>>>SJSU

Wyo>UNLV

So Miss~NMSU

SDSU>>>>WIU
 

KFAN, MN Daily and the Strib were there and they interviewed Kill, but you have to remember this is their chance to talk to coaches and players from other schools too. The issue is not with the local media, but with media from outside the Twin Cities.
 

SDGopherFan said:
slap in the face to our media, seriously no one showed up, wasn't the star trib there, KFAN sent a reporter down there but apparently didn't have interest in actually covering the event, pioneer press supposedly sent someone there. The media in the twin cities were too busy watching viking players walk around with suitcases.
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The KFAN reporter had other things on his mind, like just getting married over the past weekend. ;) One track mind.
 

imthewalrus said:
Get it going now Coach Kill. Three or more Conference wins in 2013 just may put the ball in your hands for a long time...and attract more rival team press members at B1G Media Day!

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Seeing as how more than one source has predicted we won't win any conference games this year this will be a big accomplishment from a national perspective.
 

That's ok.....I thought it was painful watching their defense in Indianapolis last December.
 

Media is attracted to controversy. We aren't right now. There is plenty of controversy at tOSU. PSU, WI & IA right now a nd with Bo @ NE being on the hot seat this year...why stop by and see Ol Country Jer....he won't say anything new or controversial.
 

gophmeister said:
KFAN, MN Daily and the Strib were there and they interviewed Kill, but you have to remember this is their chance to talk to coaches and players from other schools too. The issue is not with the local media, but with media from outside the Twin Cities.
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No word on The Pioneer Press, Rochester Post Bulletin, Mankato Free Press, Austin Daily Bulletin AP, Saint Cloud Times, West Central Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, Winona Daily News, Worthington Daily Globe. All of the above could have stories on the Big 10, the up coming season, a story about a local hero playing for the Gophers. Heck an insight into other coaches. This is once a year, on average its about 400 miles to Chicago, a six and a half hour trip. The media support for the only Division I school is pathetic.
 

husker70 said:
No word on The Pioneer Press, Rochester Post Bulletin, Mankato Free Press, Austin Daily Bulletin AP, Saint Cloud Times, West Central Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, Winona Daily News, Worthington Daily Globe. All of the above could have stories on the Big 10, the up coming season, a story about a local hero playing for the Gophers. Heck an insight into other coaches. This is once a year, on average its about 400 miles to Chicago, a six and a half hour trip. The media support for the only Division I school is pathetic.
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+1
 

Casual Fan interest in gopher football is about as low as its been since 1997. The media never covered them well.
Why would they cover now that nobody cares?

I care, you care....nobody else does.


Mason brought relevance.
Brewster brought anger.
Kill had better do something quick because the 1990s apathy is starting to set in.
 

Rosemountian said:
Casual Fan interest in gopher football is about as low as its been since 1997. The media never covered them well.
Why would they cover now that nobody cares?

I care, you care....nobody else does.


Mason brought relevance.
Brewster brought anger.
Kill had better do something quick because the 1990s apathy is starting to set in.
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What are you basing all of this on? The largest spring game crowd in roughly 30 years?
 


The Gophers may not be the hot commodity that everyone wants to talk about, but Jerry Kill also isn't on the hot seat. If he was, reporters might be more inclined to ask him questions.
 

"Sarcasm is like a butt hole...everybody has one."

Huh? I've got a butt hole, but I'm not sure I've got a sarcasm.
 

husker70 said:
No word on The Pioneer Press, Rochester Post Bulletin, Mankato Free Press, Austin Daily Bulletin AP, Saint Cloud Times, West Central Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, Winona Daily News, Worthington Daily Globe. All of the above could have stories on the Big 10, the up coming season, a story about a local hero playing for the Gophers. Heck an insight into other coaches. This is once a year, on average its about 400 miles to Chicago, a six and a half hour trip. The media support for the only Division I school is pathetic.
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The Pioneer Press should have had someone there for sure. As for the others, where are they going to get the money to send a reporter to Chicago for two or three days? Even if they drive you still have to pay mileage, gas, hotel, per diem. Nowadays they can watch media on tv, glean a few quotes and viola they have a media day article. I'm guessing that's what Marcus Fuller did.
 

husker70 said:
No word on The Pioneer Press, Rochester Post Bulletin, Mankato Free Press, Austin Daily Bulletin AP, Saint Cloud Times, West Central Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, Winona Daily News, Worthington Daily Globe. All of the above could have stories on the Big 10, the up coming season, a story about a local hero playing for the Gophers. Heck an insight into other coaches. This is once a year, on average its about 400 miles to Chicago, a six and a half hour trip. The media support for the only Division I school is pathetic.
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Not gonna lie hadn't heard of 1/2 those papers. I'm sure the Worthington Globe has the resources to send someone to Chicago
 

I'm completely fine with our coach not facing questions regarding players getting arrested, drug abuse within the program, academic issues/scandal (how many media outside the Twin Cities have any idea about our APR increase this past year, or even care?, etc. Without the garbage, who is going to talk to the coach of a 6-7 team that nobody thinks is going to be any sort of threat to compete for the division title?

I'm not sweating this. Start out 5-0, beat Michigan there, and then Kill and our program will be getting plenty of attention.
 

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